Decoding altitude-activated regulatory mechanisms occurring during apple peel ripening.

ABSTRACT: Apple (Malus domestica Borkh) is an important fruit crop cultivated in a broad range of environmental conditions. Apple fruit ripening is a physiological process, whose molecular regulatory network response to different environments is still not sufficiently investigated and this is particularly true of the peel tissue. In this study, the influence of environmental conditions associated with low (20 m) and high (750 m) altitude on peel tissue ripening was assessed by physiological measurements combined with metabolomic and proteomic analyses during apple fruit development and ripening. Although apple fruit ripening was itself not affected by the different environmental conditions, several key color parameters, such as redness and color index, were notably induced by high altitude. C

SUBMITTER: Karagiannis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395160 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature